#Caracalla

Ancient Coin of the Day: A terrific aureus of Caracalla from AD 215, with a Reverse showing the emperor making offering at a shrine of Asclepius. #ACOTD #Caracalla Image: RIC
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#CLST6 #LookCloser9 Yeah yeah I know I explaining the joke makes it not funny anymore, but here we go.This is a bust of the emperor Caracalla. He ruled (at first
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Julia Domna was born cAD160 in Emesa in the #Roman province of Syria (modern day #Homs in #Syria). She belonged to a dynasty of priest kings who had ruled Emesa
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Roman Emperor Caracalla, a paranoid tyrant, increased the soldiers' pay by 50%, thus bankrupting the empire.His subordinate Macrinus killed him & became emperor. He left Caracalla's family alone out of
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1/8 On apprend la mort de Daniel Cordier, qui fut, dans la clandestinité, le secrétaire de Jean Moulin. Centenaire (il était né le 10 août 2020), il a eu une
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A lot of folks don’t seem to be aware of this, so, gather round for a fun and relevant history lesson: Rome had a trans emperor, one of the earliest
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The Canopus: The Canopus is not a statue, but rather a pool at the villa of Hadrian at Tivoli. (1/13) The pool is supposed to represent a branch of the
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All this Rome talk … look, I lived in Rome in my younger days (over there I’m known as CivilWarUmorismo; here’s me with a fan) and if there’s one Roman
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La tumba de Alejandro Magno, fallecido en el año 323aC en Babilonia sigue siendo hoy un misterio, sin embargo en febrero del 2019 apareció la notícia del descubrimiento de los
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Currency and the Collapse of the Roman EmpireHow debasement can drive the end of a civilizationThread 1/5Around 200 AD, inability to pay for the state expenses lead treasuries to
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